Based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Growing in Grace is a blog by Pastor Matthew Molesky. His posts explore the Bible, theology, ecclesiology, culture, books, family, and life.

Aug 31 I Will Myself Shoulder The Weight

And right up to old age I, [Yahweh], am the same
And right up to grey hair I will myself shoulder the weight.

It is I who made,

and it is I who will carry,

and it is I who will shoulder the weight -

and rescue!

(Isaiah 46:4, translation by Alec Motyer)

I don't know about you, but I need to hear over and over again that it is God that shoulders the weights, it is he who carries the burdens. And this is all of his rich and glorious grace, and because this is of God's grace, it will last forever. "Our position on his burden-bearing shoulders is totally down to him." (Motyer)

It is this that becomes the source of the kind of singing we belt out in How Firm A Foundation, by Richard Keen: